Introduction to the 2nd edition / Z. Acs, D. Audretsch -- Debates in entrepreneurship : opportunity formation and implications for the field of entrepreneurship / S. Alvarez, J. Barney, S. Young -- An update to the individual-opportunity nexus / J. Eckhardt, S. Shane -- Three views of...

Opportunity -- to the 2nd Edition of the Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research -- Opportunity -- Debates in Entrepreneurship: Opportunity Formation and Implications for the Field of Entrepreneurship -- An Update to the Individual-Opportunity Nexus -- Three Views of Entrepreneurial Opportunity --...

This paper argues that globalization has led to a shift in developed countries from an industrial to an entrepreneurial model of production. Globalization is interpreted as a level shock in the supply of unskilled labor to the world economy, a decrease in the level of political risk associated...

The neoclassical model of the production, as applied by Robert Solow to built the neoclassical model of growth, linked labor and capital to output. More recently, Romer and others have expanded the model to include measures of knowledge capital. In this paper we introduce a new factor,...

The literature focusing on the geography of entrepreneurship has developed something of a schizophrenic approach. On the one hand is a series of studies, which have tried to identify characteristics specific to particular regions that account for inter-spatial variations in entrepreneurship. On...

Der europäische Rat von Lissabon hat ein klares strategisches Ziel für die Europäische Union gesetzt: "Die Europäische Union soll zum wettbewerbsfähigsten und dynamischsten wissenbasierten Wirtschaftsraum der Welt gemacht werden - einem Wirtschaftsraum, der fähig ist, ein nachhaltiges...

This paper argues that globalization has led to a shift in developed countries from an industrial to an entrepreneurial model of production. Globalization is interpreted as a level shock in the supply of unskilled labor to the world economy, a decrease in the level of political risk associated...

Whereas initially physical capital and later, knowledge capital were viewed as crucial for growth, more recently a very different factor, entrepreneurship capital, has emerged as a dri-ving force of economic growth. In this paper, we define a region's capacity to create new firms start-ups as...

While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion on economic development, little is actually known about how religion impacts the decision making of individuals. This paper examines the influence of religion on the decision for people to become an entrepreneur. Based on a...